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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 1977
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles Arnold Gibson, South Charleston, WV (US);
Louis Foster Theiling, Jr, Charleston, WV (US);
Assignee:
Union Carbide Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2606 / ; 260599 ;
Abstract
Styrene oxide is hydrogenated in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst to produce 2-phenylethanol. The proportion of unreacted styrene oxide in the reaction mixture is carefully controlled in order to avoid the production of undesired by-products.